Yet another fabulous Speculative Literature Foundation event in San
Francisco. This time we have a Pulitzer Prize winner. Hope to see a bunch
of you there. And please circulate this announcement widely.
Love 'n' hugs,
Cheryl
Thrilling Wonder Tales:
A border-crossing evening of readings and discussion with Michael Chabon,
Terry Bisson, and Claire Light
When: Thursday, May 20, at 7 pm.
Where: Valencia Street Books, located at 569 Valencia St., between 16th and
17th Streets in San Francisco (one block from the 16th St. BART station).
Featuring:
Terry Bisson
Author of _Dear Abbey_, _The Pickup Artist_, and _Bears Discover Fire_
Winner of the Locus, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Hugo Awards.
Michael Chabon
Author of _Summerland_ and _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay_
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Claire Light
Contributor to _McSweeney's_, "Writings From the Long Table," and more
Literary editor of Hyphen Magazine
Former program manager, Kearny Street Workshop
What: From Chaucer to Dante to Shakespeare to contemporary authors like
Ursula K. Le Guin, Toni Morrison, and Margaret Atwood, literary novelty has
evolved out of genre-crossing and interaction with popular culture. Today,
American literature is seething with innovations derived from science
fiction, comic books, B-movies, and other popular or commercial sources.
Tonight, we'll hear readings and discussion by Bay Area writers who are
crossing the borderlands that traditionally divide mainstream from
speculative fiction. This event is a fundraiser for the new Fountain Award,
a $1000 prize for excellence in short fiction, which will encourage this
thriving tradition. Hosted by Charlie Anders (Publisher of _other magazine_
and MC of Writers with Drinks) and Jeremy Adam Smith (book critic and
Director of the Independent Press Development Fund).
Cost: $5-10, sliding scale. All proceeds go directly to the Fountain Award.
Sponsored by the Speculative Literature Foundation, with _Zoetrope:
All-Story_, Borderlands Books, _other magazine_, _Emerald City_, _NFG
Magazine_, Watchword Press, and _Kitchen Sink Magazine_.
The Speculative Literature Foundation (http://www.speculativeliterature.org)
is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting literary quality in
speculative fiction. "Speculative literature" is a catch-all term meant to
inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing fiction
ranging from science fiction to ghost stories to folk and fairy tales to
magical realism to modern myth-making.
For more information, contact Jeremy Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheryl Morgan
Emerald City: Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Reviews
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.emcit.com/
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